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　　Due to arthritis（关节炎）, at the age of 76, her embroidered （刺绣的） pictures became too difficult to complete, so she switched to the medium of paint． She continued in this method for the rest of her 101 years．

　　Local exhibits of her work soon gained popular appeal．

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　　Her self-taught style and comfortable, homey themes attracted the public, from art detailers who had never before purchased a painting from an exhibition．

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　　In McDonnell Farm（1943）, for example, a group of children are dancing at the right, while all the other figures are busy with farm tasks．

　　Despite the fact that Anna Moses was painting throughout the Great Depression and the period of World War II,

　　her art remained full of life and hopefulness．

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　　A．In 1930, just three years after the death of' her husband, Anna Moses began creating embroidered pictures．

　　B．To what does she owe this great fame?

　　C．Her favorite subject were drawn from the world around her----prosperous farms and villages．

　　D．She never sold a painting till she was 80．

　　． E．There is no unhappiness or aging :in her paintings．

　　． F．By 1940 she was exhibiting her art in New York City．

　　． G．They celebrated her loath birthday in 1960．

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